The REACH trial :

A real-world study of hospital cleaning

Alison Farrington on behalf of the

Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals (REACH) Study team

Disclosures

This presentation is the responsibility of QUT and the authors and does not reflect the views of the NHMRC

NHMRC Partnership Grant (GNT1076006)

Policy & professional & academic

Industry: resources to support data collection only

Partners

Stepped wedge study design 9 May 2016 30 July 2017

9 public 2 private

Cleaning bundle intervention: 20-50 weeks

Tailoring the cleaning bundle

Was it really real world?

Data

HAI rates Cleaning performance

Data

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Staff knowledge and attitudes Costs

Results

Papers:

- staff questionnaires

- hospital context and practice change

- ATP sampling

- Outcome 1 - impact on HAIs

- Outcome 2 - Cost-effectiveness

What’s next

Analysis++++++

Close feedback loop

Showcase participation

and outcomes

Translation to policy & practice

A huge thank you to participating hospitals

Academic partners

Policy and professional partners

Investigators ners

REACH team

Professor Nicholas Graves Professor Christian Gericke Professor David Paterson Professor Tom Riley Professor Anne Gardner Professor Adrian Barnett Dr Lisa Hall Professor Brett Mitchell Dr Kate Halton Dr Katie Page

Alison Farrington

Dr Michelle Allen

Alex McGhie

Carla Shield

Study team